Critical Infrastructure News
United Kingdom National Charged in Connection with Multiple Cyber Attacks, Including on Critical Infrastructure
A complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging Thalha Jubair, a United Kingdom national, with conspiracies to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, in relation to at least 120 computer network intrusions and extortion involving 47 U.S. entities. The complaint alleges victims paid at least $115,000,000 in ransom…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and Attempting to Destroy an Energy Facility in Nashville
Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility. “Our office is fully committed to thwarting dangerous attacks motivated by hate,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee. “I commend the agents who…
Read MoreSuspected arson triggers Berlin blackout, 40,000 homes and businesses without electricity
A fire on two high-voltage pylons in southeastern Berlin triggered a major power outage Tuesday morning, leaving more than 40,000 households without electricity in what authorities suspect was an arson attack. The fire in the Johannisthal/Königsheideweg area damaged several 110-kV lines connected to substations on Moissistraße and Wegedornstraße as well as the Neukölln district heating…
Read MoreUndersea cables cut in Red Sea, internet disrupted in Asia and Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which the rebels describe as an effort…
Read MoreState of Nevada still digging out from under cyber attack
If Nevada state officials know what — or who — crashed the state government’s information technology systems and brought multiple state offices and services to a screeching stop, they’re not saying. “The State was targeted in a cyber attack, and the incident is under active state and federal investigation. To protect internal systems during an…
Read MoreThe Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
Russia is waging an unconventional war on Europe. Through its campaign of sabotage, vandalism, espionage and covert action, Russia’s aim has been to destabilise European governments, undermine public support for Ukraine by imposing social and economic costs on Europe, and weaken the collective ability of NATO and the European Union to respond to Russian aggression.…
Read MoreNo injuries reported after cargo ship explodes in Baltimore Harbor
A cargo ship in the Baltimore Harbor caught on fire on Monday evening, causing a huge explosion, not far from the remaining wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year. Around 6:30 p.m., the bow of the W-Sapphire cargo ship combusted in a fireball. Livestream video footage shows black smoke pluming from…
Read MoreFinland charges captain of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship over cable cutting
Finland on Monday became the first Nato country to bring charges against the captain and crew of a Russian “shadow fleet” vessel that had severed underwater cables in the Baltic Sea. In a rare move, the Finnish coastguard in December 2024 boarded and seized the Eagle S oil tanker after the vessel dragged its anchor…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi leader sentenced for plotting attack on Maryland power grid
Brandon Clint Russell, leader of a neo-Nazi group, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for plotting to attack Maryland’s power grid in what prosecutors called a terrorist plan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said Thursday. Russell’s sentence will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Russell, 29, of…
Read MoreEx-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a “messenger of Allah” sent to save humanity from climate change. A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been charged with hijacking,…
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